http://www.acenet.edu/_layouts/ContentFeedGenerator/ContentFeed.ashx?Feed=LeadershipAdvocacyNewsView all of the recent Leadership and Advocacy Activity News from ACEen-usCopyright , American Council on Educationdonotreply@ace.eduSun, 19 May 2013 14:28:41 -0500ACE News Feeds 1.0http://www.acenet.edu/PublishingImages/264x93-ACE-Print-Logo.jpghttp://www.acenet.edu/_layouts/ContentFeedGenerator/ContentFeed.ashx?Feed=LeadershipAdvocacyNewsLeadershipAdvocacyNewshttp://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Todays-Headlines.aspxIn today’s headlines, Inside Higher Ed reports that three top-tier universities have backed away from a partnership with their peers and the company 2U to create a pool of for-credit online courses. In other news, The Chronicle of Higher Education is among the publications covering a report by ACE finding that the pool of college graduates who earned degrees in the 2007-8 academic year was considerably less diverse than the overall student body. See these and more stories below.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Statement-on.aspxAs Congress considers legislative action on the federal student loan programs, the higher education community has prepared a statement of key principles critical to the success and reliability of any such program.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/College-Board-Releases-Guide-to-Upcoming-Supreme-Court-Decision-in-Fisher-v--UT.aspxIn preparation for the Supreme Court's upcoming decision in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the College Board's Access and Diversity Collaborative has released the guide, "Preparing for the Fisher Decision: Are You Ready?http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Paper-Argues-There-Is-Scant-Evidence-Proving-Federal-Aid-Drives-Up-College-Prices.aspxIn a new monograph written for ACE, Donald E. Heller argues there is scant evidence of a relationship between changes in federal student aid and tuition increases.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Apply-Now-for-2013-14-ACE-Institute-for-New-Presidents.aspxA few spots are still available for those interested in applying to become members of the 2013-14 class of the ACE Institute for New Presidents.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/FRIDAY-BUZZ-Student-Loan-Interest-Rate.aspxA range of legislative choices to revamp the federal student loan system emerged in Congress this week, as the interest rate on subsidized student loans is poised to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent July 1.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE,-Higher-Education-Groups-Weigh-In-on-the-Senate-Immigration-Bill.aspxACE and 12 other higher education groups sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee today on the recently introduced comprehensive immigration bill, calling the measure an “important step.”http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/WEBINAR-The-Clery-Act-Amendments-in-the-Violence-Against-Women-Act.aspxThe National Association of College and University Attorneys, in cooperation with ACE, is hosting a webinar May 31 on the Clery Act amendments in the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and what they mean for Clery Act and Title IX compliance.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Letter-to-the-Senate-Judiciary-Committee-on-Comprehensive-Immigration-Reform-Bill.aspxSent on behalf of 12 other higher education associations, this letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee discusses the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 (S. 744).http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Register-by-May-10-for-ACEs-National-Womens-Leadership-Forum-.aspxRegistration is open for ACE’s next National Women's Leadership Forum, to be held June 19-21 in Arlington, VA.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Endorsement-of-the-American-Opportunity-Tax-Credit-Act-of-2013.aspxLetter to Rep. Lloyd Doggett expressing strong support for the American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2013 (H.R. 1738), which will enhance access to college by making important reforms to the American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC) and Lifetime Learning Credit.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Early-Registration-Deadline-May-19-for-Council-of-Fellows-Weekend.aspxRegister by May 19 for the annual Council of Fellows Weekend to take advantage of early bird rates for the May 31-June 2 event in Detroit. The annual COF Weekend is a retreat for ACE Fellows to network while gaining valuable professional development about current higher education leadership issues.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Submits-Amicus-Brief-in-Support-of-GSU-in-Fair-Use-Case.aspxACE has submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in a case that examines whether it is “fair use” for professors to reserve small excerpts of academic works online for review by their students.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Amicus-Brief-to-the-US-Court-of-Appeals-11th-Circuit-in-Cambridge-University-Press-v-Mark-Becker.aspxAmicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in support of Georgia State University in a case that looks at whether the non-profit educational use of small excerpts of academic books as e-reserves to enrich classroom teaching are fair use.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Testifies-on-Insuring-Adjunct-Faculty-and-Student-Workers-Under-ACA.aspxSteven Bloom, director of federal relations at ACE, testified at an April 23 hearing of the IRS and the Treasury Department about regulations which would affect coverage for adjunct faculty and student campus employees under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Hartle-Testifies-House-Panel-Preparing-Higher-Ed-Act-Reauthorization.aspxACE Senior Vice President Terry Hartle spoke before the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training April 16 at the hearing “Keeping College Within Reach: The Role of Federal Student Aid Programs.”http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Higher-Ed-Associations-Urge-Lawmakers-Support-Higher-Ed-Tax-Provisions-Safeguard-Charitable-Givi.aspxOn behalf of a number of higher education associations, ACE President Molly Corbett Broad this week submitted comments to a pair of House Ways and Means Committee Tax Reform Working Groups, one on education and family benefits and the other on charitable/exempt organizations.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-President-Molly-Corbett-Broad-Obama-FY-2014-Budget.aspxAs the major coordinating body for all the nation's higher education institutions, the American Council on Education welcomes many of the proposals included in the president’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request. In particular, by restoring the arbitrary and destructive cuts imposed by sequestration, the president has demonstrated that he recognizes that education and research are the building blocks of a stronger economy.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Military-Branches-Reinstate-Tuition-Assistance-Programs.aspxThe Army, Air Force and Marines have reopened their Tuition Assistance (TA) programs to service members following a congressional mandate in last month’s FY 2013 continuing resolution.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/House-Hearing-Bill-In-state-Tuition-Rates-Veterans.aspxThe House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity held a hearing April 10 on numerous pieces of pending and draft legislation related to in-state tuition rates for veterans, the Transition Assistance Programs (TAP), the Department of Veterans Affairs work-study program and other bills.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Hartle-Testify-Before-House-Subcommittee-Role-of-Federal-Aid-College-Access.aspxACE Senior Vice President Terry Hartle will testify before the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training April 16 at 11:00 a.m. on the panel “Keeping College Within Reach: The Role of Federal Student Aid Programs.”http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Obama-FY-2014-Budget-Proposes-Changes-to-Federal-Student-Loans-Increases-Research-Funding.aspxPresident Obama released his budget proposal for FY 2014 today, which includes among the higher education provisions a proposal to move to a market-based interest rate on all federal student loans. This includes the interest rate on subsidized Stafford student loans, which are set to double to 6.8 percent July 1 if no action is taken.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Registration-Open-ACE-Leadership-Academy-for-Department-Chairs-Workshop.aspxRegistration is open for the Oct. 28-29, 2013 offering of the ACE Leadership Academy for Department Chairs (LADC). The workshop, to be held in the Chicago area, begins a year of LADC activities, including a series of five webinars that will focus on cutting-edge higher education issues and topics of particular relevance to chairs.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Brief-Strategic-Leadership-Campus-Retirement-Transitions.aspxRetirement Transitions in Higher Education encourages campus leaders to expand their view of traditional retirement, as professors and presidents seek to move from full-time work on campus to an encore career or find new opportunities for involvement with the institution.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/USAID-Higher-Education-for-Development-Announce-Women-Leadership-Program.aspxThe U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Higher Education for Development (HED) have announced that five universities in the United States have been selected to partner with higher education institutions in five countries to promote gender equality and women’s leadership.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Senate-Approves-FY-2014-Budget-Proposal.aspxThe Senate passed its first formal budget proposal in four years early Saturday, a plan which would fully fund Pell Grants and eliminate future shortfalls from the program, among other provisions of interest to higher education.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/MEMO-New-Campus-Sexual-Assault-Policies-and-Procedures-Under-Violence-Against-Women-Act.aspxACE has prepared a brief memo that reviews new obligations for colleges and universities under the Violence Against Women Act, which are effective March 7, 2014.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Senate-Approves-FY-2013-Spending-Bill-Work-Turns-to-FY-2014-Budget.aspxThe Senate voted 73-26 today to approve its version of the FY 2013 spending package (HR. 993) needed to fund the federal government through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Names-Faculty-Administrators-Fellows-Program.aspxACE has selected 50 college and university senior faculty and administrators for the 2013-14 class of the ACE Fellows Program. Established in 1965, the ACE Fellows Program—the longest running leadership development program in the United States—focuses on identifying and preparing senior leadership for the nation's colleges and universities.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Urges-DoD-to-Restore-Funding-for-Military-Tuition-Assistance.aspxACE and 12 other higher education associations sent a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel today, requesting that he reconsider recent decisions by most branches of the military to suspend their Tuition Assistance (TA) programs.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Supports-UT-Medical-School-Title-VII-Case.aspxACE has submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that will decide what an employee must prove in order to prevail on a claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act that his employer retaliated against him.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Army-Marine-Suspend-Tuition-Assistance-Program-Sequestration.aspxThe Army and Marine Corps have announced they are suspending new enrollments in the their Tuition Assistance (TA) programs due to sequestration, the massive cuts to federal discretionary spending that took effect March 1.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Recognizes-Sloan-Foundation,-President-Paul-Joskow-for-Support-of-Academic-WorkLife-Balance-.aspxACE honored the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and President Paul Joskow for their long-term contributions to higher education on work/life balance, student access and other issues earlier this week at its 95th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Kirwan-Addresses-Social-Equity-and-College-Completion-in-2013-Atwell-Lecture.aspxWilliam E. Kirwan, chancellor of the University System of Maryland, opened ACE’s 95th Annual Meeting yesterday with the Robert H. Atwell Lecture, “The Completion Imperative: Harnessing Change to Meet Our Responsibilities.”http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Business-Higher-Education-Forum-Urges-Congress-to-Avoid-Sequestration-.aspxThe members of the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) have appealed to President Obama and congressional leaders to avert sequestration, the across-the-board federal spending cuts set to take effect March 1.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Supports-University-of-Oregon-in-Graduate-Student-Discrimination-Lawsuit.aspxACE and six other higher education associations have filed an amicus brief in support of the University of Oregon (UO), urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case arising out of a dispute with a former doctoral student who filed a discrimination lawsuit after her dissertation committee fell apart.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/University-of-New-Hampshire-President-Huddleston-Represents-ACE-at-House-Charitable-Giving-Hearing-.aspxUniversity of New Hampshire (UNH) President Mark Huddleston testified on behalf of ACE and 10 other higher education associations yesterday at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on “Tax Reform and Charitable Contributions.”http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/CBO-Report-Pell-Grants-Solid-Footing.aspxThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) yesterday released detailed estimates on funding for the federal Pell Grant and student loan programs. The estimates represented very good news about the overall health of Pell Grant funding and showed some positive trends in student borrowing.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Administration-Releases-Proposed-Rules-Self-Funded-Student-Health-Insu.aspxThe Obama Administration moved forward last week on two regulations implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that impact colleges and universities: Contraceptive coverage at religious institutions—including religiously affiliated colleges—and self-funded student health insurance plans.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/WEDNESDAY-BUZZ-Senate-Obama-Immigration-Plans-Touch-on-Higher-Education.aspxPresident Obama laid out plans for comprehensive immigration reform in a Las Vegas speech Tuesday afternoon, on the heels of a bipartisan group of eight senators who released a similar proposal on Monday.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Issues-Paper-Higher-Education-Under-Sequestration.aspxACE has issued a paper detailing the impact on higher education if Congress cannot agree on a plan to deal with the looming budget sequestration, the massive cuts to discretionary spending scheduled to take effect March 1.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Higher-Education-Leaders-Call-Action-Attainment.aspxIn an open letter released today, leading college and university presidents call upon their colleagues to make retention and completion a critical campus priority to stem the unacceptable loss of human potential represented by the number of students who never make it to graduation.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Associations-Comment-DoD-Student-Complaint.aspxACE and other higher education associations have submitted comments to the Department of Defense (DoD) about a planned federal complaint system for students receiving federal military and veterans educational benefits.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/American-Taxpayer-Relief-Act-and-HigherEd.aspxA brief summary of the higher education-related tax provisions in the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8), the "fiscal cliff" President Obama signed into law on Jan. 2, 2013.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Fiscal-Cliff-Tax-Incentives-College-Students.aspxThe fiscal cliff legislation Congress approved on Jan. 1 contains a number of tax provisions that will benefit students and families, along with new limits to the charitable giving deduction that may impact higher education institutions.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/VA-Provides-Post-911-GI-Bill-Benefits-Guidance.aspxThe Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has sent a letter with suggestions for how college and university administrators can assist the VA as the agency works to improve the timely processing of Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Dates-Set-2013-14-ACE-Institute-New-Presidents.aspxThe ACE Institute for New Presidents will launch its 2013-14 class with a July 24-26, 2013, meeting in Chicago, IL.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/DoD-Releases-Revised-Tuition-Assistance-Memo.aspxThe Department of Defense (DoD) on Thursday announced the release of the long-awaited memorandum of understanding (MOU) colleges and universities must sign to participate in DoD's Tuition Assistance program.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/KH2G-Surpasses-Mark-Donated-Ads.aspxThe national campaign KnowHow2GO (KH2GO) has received $215 million in donated media space for its efforts over nearly six years to encourage students in grades 8–10 to prepare for college.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Institute-CAO-Launch-This-Summer-StLouis.aspxRegistration is open and dates set for the coming year for two of ACE’s executive leadership development programs, the ACE Institute for New Chief Academic Officers and Advancing to the Presidency.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/New-Issue-Brief-Diversity-Attainment-Gaps.aspxA new issue brief from ACE sheds light on why certain racial and ethnic minorities—specifically African Americans and Hispanics—have lower levels of postsecondary degree attainment. The Education Gap: Understanding African American and Hispanic Attainment Disparities in Higher Education is the first in a series of four briefs on diversity and inclusion issues. The series is generously supported by the GE Foundation.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Supreme-Court-Hears-Workplace-Discrimination-Case.aspxThe U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in Vance v. Ball State University, a case that could decide who can be considered a “job supervisor” in a federal workplace discrimination lawsuit.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Groups-Urge-Caution-Charitable-Giving.aspxACE and a coalition of higher education associations have sent letters to President Obama and Congress, urging caution when considering changes to the charitable giving tax deduction as part of negotiations to end the so-called fiscal cliff.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-NSC-Explore-More-Postsecondary-Graduation-Rate.aspxA new analysis of postsecondary graduation rates by ACE finds that markedly more students have actually completed or are still pursuing their education than is indicated by the current federal method of reporting graduation rates.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/BUZZ-Obama-Wins-Second-Term.aspxAs the higher education community reviews the results of yesterday’s election, there is particular interest in the potential impact on colleges and universities of President Barack Obama’s re-election, a new Congress and state ballot initiatives. Some media reports focused on President Obama’s record on student aid and attainment as well as his administration’s regulatory agenda. ACE President Molly Corbett Broad congratulated the president in a statement.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Files-Brief-with-Supreme-Court-in-Vance-Ball-State.aspxACE submits amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Ball State University (IN) in a case that could decide who can be considered a “job supervisor” in a federal workplace discrimination lawsuit.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Statement-ACE-President-College-Board-Reports.aspxThe good news is that tuition increases have moderated at both public and private colleges and universities, but the bad news is that tuition continues to outpace inflation and growth in family income.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/College-Board-Reports-Find-Slowdown-in-Growth-of-College-Costs.aspxThis year’s reports from the College Board found a substantial slowdown in sticker prices at four-year public universities, where the average 4.8 percent increase was the smallest rise in more than a decade.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Works-to-Collaborate-With-the-Navy-on-Higher-Education-Pathways-for-Veterans.aspxAfter a meeting earlier this year between ACE President Molly Corbett Broad and Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, discussions are ongoing about how the Council can further assist veterans seeking a college degree.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Effort-to-Diversify-U-S--Higher-Education-.aspxRecent ACE research shows that while 57 percent of those enrolled in higher education are women, women constitute only 26 percent of college presidents. And while members of racial and ethnic minority groups make up 30 percent of college classrooms, only 13 percent of presidencies are held by these individuals.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Supreme-Court-Hears-Arguments-in-UT-Admissions-Case.aspxThe U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments October 10th in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (UT), a case involving the constitutionality of the university’s use of race and ethnicity in its admissions process.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/New-Grants-Support-ACE-Fellows-Program.aspxThree leading higher education corporations are providing new financial support for the ACE Fellows Program, which trains future campus leaders.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-to-Discuss-Fisher-Case.aspxAs the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments Oct. 10 in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (UT), ACE President Molly Corbett Broad and ACE General Counsel Ada Meloy are available to comment on the importance of diversity at American colleges and universities and why the Supreme Court should reaffirm the constitutionality of UT's use of race and ethnicity in its admissions process.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Higher-Education-for-Development-Announces-U-S--Tunisian-Partnerships-on-Sustainable-Practices.aspxHigher Education for Development (HED), with joint funding support from the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has announced two higher education partnerships focused on water management and renewable energy technologies in Tunisia’s agricultural and industrial sectors.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Work-Life-Balance-Academic-Physicians.aspxACE and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation honor five medical schools today by awarding each a $250,000 grant for excellence in faculty career flexibility. Two additional institutions will receive $25,000 each for promising practices in the field.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Congress-Approves-FY-2013-CR.aspxThe Senate gave final approval on Friday to a temporary spending bill, known as a continuing resolution (CR), to keep the government funded at current levels through March 27, 2013.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/BUZZ-Higher-Education-Under-Sequestration.aspxThe White House released a report Friday outlining the impact of what is known as “sequestration,” the deep cuts facing most federal programs on Jan. 1 if Congress cannot devise a plan by the end of the year to reduce the deficit. As expected, the effects on higher education would be significant.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Congress-Veterans-Consumer-Bills.aspxCongress moved forward this week with legislation designed to provide additional consumer information and protections for veterans using G.I. Bill education benefits.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Letter-Improving-Transparency-of-Education-Opportunities-for-Veterans-Act.aspxLetter to the House on the Improving Transparency of Education Opportunities for Veterans Act (H.R. 4057), which would provide additional consumer information and protections for veterans using G.I. Bill education benefits.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Releases-Memo-on-Campus-Political-Campaign-Activities.aspxWith the 2012 presidential race in full swing, the ACE has reissued its 2011 memo, Political Campaign-Related Activities of and at Colleges and Universities.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/KnowHow2GO-PSAs-Debut-US-Open.aspxThe Ad Council, in partnership with ACE and the U.S. Tennis Association, will debut new TV public service advertisements (PSAs) at the US Open today on behalf of the national KnowHow2GO campaign designed to encourage low-income and first generation students to take the steps necessary to prepare for college. The ads will premiere on TV screens throughout the Arthur Ashe Stadium during the tournament.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Fellows-to-Explore.aspxParticipants in the ACE Fellows Program will visit DePaul University (IL) Aug. 27 to explore how an institution uses its long-term planning process as a tool to meet institutional mission goals.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Institute-for-New-CAO.aspxThe 2012-13 class of the ACE Institute for New Chief Academic Officers assembled in St. Louis, MO, this month for the first session of a yearlong program that provides practical executive leadership development.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Amicus-Brief-Supreme-Court-Fisher-v-UT.aspxAmicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Fisher v. University of Texas, which deals with the university's admissions policy.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Brief-UT-Admissions-Policy.aspxACE today is submitting an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the University of Texas at Austin (UT), urging the court to reaffirm the constitutionality of the university's use of race and ethnicity in its admissions process.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Testimony-Senate-Finance-Committee-Hearing-Education-Tax-Incentives.aspxACE President Molly Corbett Broad's testimony for the record submitted to the Senate Committee on Finance for the hearing on education tax incentives and tax reform held July 25, 2012.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Comments2-FCC-USF-Contribution-Methodology.aspxComments to the Federal Communications Commission on the proposed reform of the Universal Service Fund contribution methodology.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Expiring-Tax-Incentives.aspxACE today sent a letter to the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees, urging Congress to pass extensions of expired and expiring higher education tax incentives.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Letter-Congress-Extend-HigherEd-Tax-Incentives.aspxLetter to the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees urging the extension of all higher education tax incentives.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/NYU-Grad-Student-Unionization.aspxACE filed a brief yesterday with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) as it decides whether to allow private college graduate students to unionize, in two cases involving New York University.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Amicus-Brief-NLRB-NYU.aspxACE submitted this brief to the National Labor Relations Board as it decides whether to allow private college graduate students to unionize in two cases involving New York University.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Government-Report-Details-Private-Student-Loan-Debt-Risk.aspxThe Education Department and the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report finding that private student loans, which make up $150 billion of the more than $1 trillion in outstanding student loan debt, are much riskier than federal student loans for both the student and the co-signer. The report, mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, gives an overview of the private student loan market and makes recommendations for reform.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/House-Approves-Funding.aspxA House Appropriations Subcommittee today voted 8-6 to approve a $70 billion Education Department (ED) budget for FY 2013 that includes a slight increase to the maximum Pell Grant award.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/NLRB-Supreme-Court.aspxIn a brief filed July 6 with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), ACE said the board should adhere to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that faculty members are managerial employees and thus ineligible for collective bargaining.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Amicus-Brief-NLRB-Point-Park.aspxAmicus brief to the National Labor Relations Board in Point Park University v. Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, a case dealing with faculty unionization.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Student-Loan-Interest-Rate-Hike.aspxCongress passed legislation Friday to keep the interest rate on subsidized Stafford student loans from doubling to 6.8 percent, but only after weeks of negotiations and just two days before the increase was due to take effect.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Supreme-Court-Upholds-ACA.aspxThe Supreme Court yesterday ruled 5-4 that President Obama’s signature overhaul of the nation’s health care system—the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—is constitutional.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Service-Member,-Veterans-Education-Principles-of-Excellence.aspxACE and the National Association of College and University Business Officers NACUBO, along with 11 other higher education associations, have asked the Obama administration to clarify certain provisions in the recent executive order on service member and veterans education.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Obama-Admin-Principles-of-Excellence.aspxACE and NACUBO request clarification on President Obama's April 2012 Executive Order on "Principles of Excellence for Educational Institutions Serving Service Members, Veterans, Spouses, and Other Family Members.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Ohio-State-Student-Records-Case.aspxThe Supreme Court of Ohio issued a ruling yesterday in favor of The Ohio State University in its quest to protect student privacy in dealing with a request for information from ESPN.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/UMN-Student-Discipline-Case.aspxThe Minnesota Supreme Court today upheld a lower court decision in favor of the University of Minnesota in the case Tatro v. the University of Minnesota, which dealt with the university’s right to enforce academic codes of conduct and professional ethics.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Obama-Administration-Immigration-Policy.aspxThe Obama administration has announced a new policy to put into place some provisions of the DREAM Act, making some young people brought to the United States illegally as children safe from deportation proceedings.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Fellows-Ball-State-Visit.aspxForty-eight members of ACE Fellows Program gained from Ball State President Jo Ann M. Gora’s perspective on the important role that facilities and sustainability initiatives play in ensuring student success.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Education-Funding-FY-2013.aspxA Senate Appropriations Committee subcommittee Tuesday approved a $68.5 billion Education Department budget for FY 2013, including a slight hike to the maximum Pell Grant.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/House-America-Invents-Act.aspxLetter to House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on the America Invents Act (H.R. 1249), commending the House Judiciary Committee for including Section 22 in in the bill.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Second-Round-of-College-Cost-Lists.aspxThe Department of Education yesterday released its second annual college cost lists. The department's intention is to provide families with more information about the actual price of college and to focus attention on institutions with rapid tuition increahttp://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/STEM-Education.aspxA coalition of higher education association presidents affirms the importance of undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, particularly in the first two years of college.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/FY-2013-NSF-Funding-politicalscience.aspxSent to the Senate on behalf of 24 higher education associations on NSF funding in the FY 2013 Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill. The groups strongly oppose the effort to prohibit NSF from funding the political science program as part of a comprehensive national science agenda.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Accreditation-Task-Force-Release.aspxIn the report of the ACE's National Task Force on Institutional Accreditation released today, academic leaders urge the higher education community to strengthen and improve the quality and public accountability of the institutional accreditation process.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Senate-AOTC.aspxLetter of support for the American Opportunity Tax Credit Permanence and Consolidation Act of 2012.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Webinars-on-Military-and-Veterans-Education.aspxThe departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs and Education, in conjunction with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission, will present two webinars to discuss the recent executive order on Establishing Principles of Excellence for Educational Institutions Serving Service Members, Veterans, Spouses, and Other Family Members.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/University-of-Illinois-FERPA-Case.aspxThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has sent The Chicago Tribune’s case against the University of Illinois back to the federal district court, vacating the district court’s judgment and directing it to dismiss the case.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Memo-on-Executive-Order-on-Veterans-Benefits.aspxHigher education institutions can refer to a memo prepared by the law firm Hogan Lovells US LLP to learn more about President Obama's April 26 executive order directing the departments of Defense (DoD), Veterans Affairs (VA) and Education (ED) to establish "Principles of Excellence to strengthen oversight, enforcement, and accountability" of the Post-9/11 GI Bill and DoD's military tuition assistance program.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Principles-of-Excellence-for-Military-Tuition-Assistance-and-Veterans-Education-Benefits-Programs.aspxSummary of President Obama's April 2012 Executive Order establishing "Principles of Excellence for Educational Institutions Serving Service Members, Veterans, Spouses, and Other Family Members." The memo reviews the directive's implementation steps and enforcement mechanisms. Prepared for ACE by the law firm Hogan Lovells US LLP.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Executive-Order-on-Military-and-Veterans-Education.aspxSummary of President Obama's April 2012 Executive Order establishing "Principles of Excellence for Educational Institutions Serving Service Members, Veterans, Spouses, and Other Family Members." The memo reviews the directive's implementation steps and enforcement mechanisms.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Expanding-Student-Loan-Interest-Deduction.aspxTo Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), endorsing his bill to increase the student loan interest deduction from $2,500 to $5,000 for individuals.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Testimony-to-House-on-Expiring-Tax-Provisions-.aspxACE President Molly Corbett Broad's testimony to the House Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the Committee on Ways and Means on expired and expiring tax provisions important to college students and families and for charitable giving to higher education.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Yellow-Ribbon-Program.aspxColleges and universities have until May 15 to submit the new open-ended Yellow Ribbon Program agreements for the 2012-13 academic year to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Senate-Student-Loan-Interest.aspxOn behalf of 44 higher education associations, this letter expresses ACE's strong support for enacting legislation to maintain the subsidized Stafford student loan interest rate at 3.4 percent.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/NACIQI-Releases-Accreditation-Recommendations.aspxThe National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, the panel that advises the education secretary on accrediting agencies, last Friday approved a set of recommendations on revamping the accreditation process in the next reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Self-Funded-Student-Health-Plans.aspxA request for clarification in regulatory guidance on how self-funded student health benefit plans may be recognized as providing minimum essential coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/New-Resources-College-Costs-Available-ACE.aspxThe cost of higher education is an issue of ongoing importance to students and families across the nation, as well as policymakers and political candidates. ACE has released two new publications designed to offer data and insight into this complex matter.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Veteran-Debt-Offset-Policy.aspxTo Veterans Affairs Secretary Shinseki requesting that VA maintain the policy of exempting tuition and fee payments from veterans' debt offsets.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Student-Health-Insurance-Coverage-Final-Regulations.aspxA summary of the major provisions and issues for student health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act, President Obama's health care reform law. Effective April 2012.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/President's-Guide-to-the-Clery-Act.aspxAn in-depth white paper for university presidents or other senior administrators on ensuring Clery Act compliance at their institution.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/NACUA,-Higher-Education-Groups-Launch-Higheredcompliance-org.aspxThe National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) and 20 higher education associations—including ACE—have launched the Higher Education Compliance Alliance website, a resource to help administrators better understand the ever-growing number of federal regulations for colleges and universities.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Urges-HHS-to-Publish-Final-Student-Health-Insurance-Rules.aspxACE and a group of higher education associations sent a letter March 2 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the White House, requesting HHS immediately issue the final version of the proposed rules for Student Health Insurance Coverage (SHIC).http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Final-Student-Health-Insurance-Rules.aspxTo Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and the White House on the delay in releasing final student health insurance coverage regulations. ACE requests that HHS immediately issue the final rules or announce that implementation will be delayed until the 2013-14 academic yearhttp://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/House-repeals-ED-regs.aspxThe House of Representatives voted 303-114 yesterday to repeal the Department of Education’s (ED) state authorization and credit hour regulations that went into effect July 1, 2011.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Repeal-State-Authorization-Credit-Hour.aspxSent on behalf of almost 100 higher education associations and accrediting organizations. The groups urge the House to vote for H.R. 2117, which would repeal two highly problematic and prescriptive regulations initiated by the Department of Education.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/House-ED-reg-repeal.aspxThe House of Representatives is scheduled to vote this week on a bill (H.R 2117) to repeal two Department of Education regulations that went into effect July 1, 2011.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Supreme-Court-UT-Affirmative-Action.aspxThe U.S. Supreme Court announced yesterday it will hear a case dealing with the consideration of race and ethnicity in admissions at the University of Texas at Austin (UT).http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Amicus-Brief-to-the-U-S-Supreme-Court-University-of-Oregon-v-Emeldi.aspxAmicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court filed by ACE and six other higher education associations in support of the University of Oregon in University of Oregon v. Monica Emeldi. The university is asking the Supreme Court to review an appellate court’s ruling that allowed graduate student Monica Emeldi’s Title IX discrimination lawsuit to go forward.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Obama-FY13-Budget.aspxPresident Obama visited Northern Virginia Community College today to discuss the education provisions in his FY 2013 budget proposal, including an $8 billion community college job training program and a substantial funding increase for the Education Department.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/President-Obama%E2%80%99s-2012-College-Affordability-Plan.aspxA summary of ideas President Obama offered in his 2012 State of the Union address on the importance of keeping higher education affordable for students and families. The president further expanded on his proposals in a speech at the University of Michigan.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Broad-on-Obama's-Higher-Ed-Proposals.aspxPresident Obama has put forward a thoughtful and important proposal to help students and families finance higher education. It is also a complex, multi-faceted plan, and important details remain to be unveiled. If approved by Congress, it would provide an enormous amount of money to help students and families. Colleges and universities stand ready to do everything they can to help enhance student access and completion.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/SOTU-Education-Recovery-and-Growth.aspxRecognizing that colleges and universities play a significant role in economic recovery and expansion, President Obama laid out a plan last night in his third State of the Union address for job training at community colleges, keeping higher education affordable for students and families and supporting research as an engine for growth.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/MONDAY-BUZZ-State-Support-for-Higher-Education-Continues-to-Fall.aspxState support for higher education declined again this year as enrollment on campuses across the country continued to rise, according to the annual Grapevine study by the Center for the Study of Education Policy at Illinois State University.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Amicus-Brief-Ward-Churchill-v--the-University-of-Colorado.aspxSubmitted to the Colorado Supreme Court in support of the University of Colorado. Case deals with institutional autonomy in the enforcement of academic integrity standards.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Brief-Files-in-Churchill-Case.aspxACE and three other higher education associations submitted an amicus brief to the Colorado Supreme Court today in the case Ward Churchill v. the University of Colorado (CU), which centers around the university’s firing of former CU-Boulder professor Ward Churchill for academic misconduct in 2007.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Amicus-Brief-Sargon-Enterprises,-Inc-,-v---University-of-Southern-California,-et-al.aspxSubmitted to the Supreme Court of California in support of the University of Southern California in a case dealing with academic research agreements.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/BUZZ-FY12-Budget.aspxCongressional leaders last night struck a deal on a final FY 2012 budget omnibus bill, which the House passed this afternoon by a vote of 296-121. A Senate vote is expected later today. The measure maintains the maximum Pell Grant at $5,550 but also makes several changes to Pell eligibility and other student aid programs that will impact hundreds of thousands of students.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Delays-MOU-Military-Tuition.aspxThe Department of Defense has extended the date by which institutions must sign its new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Military Tuition Assistance Program from Jan. 1 to March 30, 2012.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Groups-Ask-Defense-MOU.aspxA bipartisan group of 52 senators have written to Secretary Leon Panetta, asking him to delay implementation of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) new requirements for institutional participation in the Military Tuition Assistance Program.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Military-Tuition-Assistance-MOU.aspxRequest to delay the effective date of the proposed memorandum of understanding and convene a meeting to develop an MOU that will better serve to protect service members against fraud and abuse.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Tuition-Deduction-IRA-Charitable-Rollover.aspxRequest to House and Senate leaders to include extensions of the above-the-line deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses and the Individual Retirement Account (IRA) Charitable Rollover in any tax extenders legislation to be enacted by the end of 2011.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Brief-Support-UM-Discipline-Case.aspxACE filed an amicus brief today in the case Tatro v. the University of Minnesota, which deals with the university’s right to address threats and enforce academic codes of conduct and professional ethics.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/BUZZ-Guidance-Achieving-Diversity.aspxThe Departments of Justice and Education on Dec. 2 released a new guidance document detailing the flexibility that the Supreme Court has provided to colleges and universities to promote diversity on campus.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Comments-NACIQI-Draft-Recommendations.aspxNACIQI last October issued a draft discussion paper outlining 30 potential options for reforming the nation's accreditation system. ACE and a group of higher education associations submitted comments Nov. 22 on the draft, providing a series of principles for NACIQI to take into account in making final recommendations to Secretary Arne Duncan.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/House-Hearing-on-College-Costs.aspxHigher education leaders and experts on its cost and affordability testified yesterday before a House panel on what colleges and universities are currently doing—and what they can do—to make college more affordable for students and families.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Launches-Institute-New-Presidents.aspxACE today announced the launch of the ACE Institute for New Presidents, a leadership development program to help new college presidents successfully navigate the unique and varied issues confronting American higher education.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Brief-Supporting-Ohio-Refusal.aspxACE today filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Ohio Supreme Court in support of The Ohio State University’s (OSU) quest to protect student privacy in dealing with a request for information from ESPN.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Amicus-Brief-ESPN-v--The-Ohio-State-University.aspxSubmitted to the Ohio Supreme Court in support of Ohio State. Case deals with the application of FERPA to a student records request from ESPN.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Comments-NACIQI-Discussion-Draft.aspxAs part of its review of the nation's higher education accreditation system, the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) issued a draft discussion paper outlining 30 potential reforms. ACE and a group of higher education associations submitted comments on the draft, providing a series of principles to consider in making final recommendations to Secretary Arne Duncan.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Panetta-Military-Tuition-Program.aspxRequesting that the Defense Department withdraw the new memorandum of understanding for the Military Tuition Assistance Program and reopen a discussion about ways to modify the document to better serve its intended purposes.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Upward-Bound.aspxRequest to Education Secretary Arne Duncan to carefully consider the impact on campuses of the new funding criteria for the Upward Bound Program.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Coalition-Delivers-Signatures-Committee.aspxThe Student Aid Alliance delivered a statement of support for federal student aid funding signed by more than 100,000 people to members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or Super Committee. The Alliance has already heard positive feedback from a number of those members’ offices.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Letter-to-House-Leaders-on-FY-2012-Pell-Grant-Appropriations.aspxExpresses the higher education community's desire to assist in finding a solution to the existing $1.3 billion shortfall in the Pell Grant program.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Molly-Corbett-Broad-Statement-Departure-Penn-State-University-President-Graham-Spanier.aspxStatement of ACE President Molly Corbett Broad on Departure of Penn State University President Graham Spanierhttp://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Senate-Bill-Amendment-Help-Veterans.aspxThe Senate this afternoon is poised to pass a bill to repeal the 3 percent withholding rule that adds an amendment aimed at helping returning veterans transition to civilian employment, including an extension of GI Bill benefits for some veterans.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/VOW-to-Hire-Heroes-Act.aspxThe VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 provides strategic support that will create a pathway for tens of thousands of veterans to attend postsecondary institutions and obtain the training and credentials they need in order to successfully enter the workforce.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Sign-Statement-Save-Student-Aid.aspxMore than 70,000 college and university presidents, students, administrators and others from institutions nationwide have signed a public statement of support for federal student aid hosted by the Student Aid Alliance (SAA) since it was launched on Oct. 24.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE's-Blue-Ribbon-Panel-Global-Engagement-American-Higher-Education.aspxU.S. colleges and universities have historically set the benchmark for excellence in higher education, but these institutions will have to adapt and collaborate with their peers abroad in the coming years to remain competitive. Assisting institutions in addressing these challenges is the centerpiece of a report issued today by ACE which charts a new agenda for global engagement in higher education.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/BUZZ-College-Board-Findings-Obama.aspxThe College Board today released its annual reports, Trends in College Pricing and Trends in Student Aid, which found tuition and fees continuing to rise on campuses around the country, most significantly at public institutions dealing with sharp declines in state funding.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/SAA-Launches-Signature-Campaign.aspxMore than 8,875 presidents, students, administrators and others have signed a public statement of support for federal student aid hosted by the Student Aid Alliance (SAA).http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Molly-Corbett-Broad-College-Board's-Annual-Student-Aid-Pricing-Reports.aspxStatement by American Council on Education President Molly Corbett Broad on the College Board's Annual Student Aid and Pricing Reportshttp://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Coalition-Congress-Funding-International.aspxACE, in conjunction with a coalition of higher education associations, is stepping up efforts to prevent Congress from making further cuts to the Department of Education's (ED) international and foreign language programs.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/DoD-Issues-FAQ-Tuition-Assistance-MOU.aspxIn March of this year, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued new requirements for continued participation in the tuition assistance (TA) program, which provides up to $4,500 in tuition costs for eligible service members.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Testimony-to-Senate-on-Incentives-for-Charitable-Giving-in-Tax-Reform-.aspxTestimony to the Senate Finance Committee on behalf of seven higher education institutions regarding the efficacy of tax incentives for charitable giving. Focus on the federal income tax deduction for charitable contributions and potential proposals to change current giving incentives.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Letter-to-Sen--Harkin-and-Sen--Enzi-on-the-Reauthorization-of-the-ESEA.aspxFrom a coalition of 81 organizations on the teacher quality and equity provisions in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The group expresses serious concern that the ESEA reauthorization proposal undermines the critical goal of providing all children with equal access to competent teachers.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Proposed-Cuts-Minority-Institutions.aspxACE and a group of 36 higher education associations sent a community letter to Congress on Oct. 14, asking members to reject the massive cuts to Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) proposed in the House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee draft FY 2012 funding bill.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Higher-Education-Commission-on-Attainment.aspxSix presidential higher education associations today announced the creation and first convening of a national Commission on Higher Education Attainment.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Protecting-Funding-for-MSIs.aspxAs Congress considers the FY 2012 funding levels for the Education Department, this letter urges members to reject the massive cuts to funding for MSIs.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Racial-Disparities-Gender-Gaps-Student-Achievement-Higher-Education.aspxLarge disparities persist among racial and ethnic groups even for younger generations in higher education, and women are surpassing men in postsecondary attainment, according to Minorities in Higher Education—Twenty-Fourth Status Report: 2011 Supplement from ACE.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Talking-Points-Chari.aspxTalking points on preserving the value of the federal charitable income tax deduction, which helps generate private support for colleges and universities.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/House-Approp-Releases-Draft.aspxThe House Appropriations Committee yesterday released a draft spending plan for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education which recommends $153.4 billion for these agencies in FY 2012, some $4 billion below the total for FY 2011.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Hearing-Improving-Outcome-Veterans.aspxThe Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a subcommittee hearing yesterday on the Post-9/11 GI Bill and for-profit schools, the primary focus of which was the 90/10 rule, which requires at least 10 percent of an institution’s funding to be from sources other than federal aid.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Advice-Exemption-Labor-Mmt-Reporting-Disclosure-Act.aspxUrges the Labor Department to increase enforcement efforts under existing law and regulations. ACE submits that until the department attempts to use the enforcement tools at its disposal, and those tools prove to be insufficient to increase the incidence of reporting, there is little justification to narrow the advice exemption to remedy the alleged underreporting problem.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/President-Proposal-Super-Committee.aspxPresident Obama on Monday submitted a plan to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (also known as the Super Committee) that, in addition to many other provisions, contains the increased funding necessary to maintain the current maximum Pell Grant award for 10 years.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Senate-Committee-Approve-Funding.aspxThe Senate Appropriations Committee today approved an FY 2012 spending plan for the Department of Education that would maintain the maximum Pell Grant award as well as preserve FY 2011 funding levels for Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants, the Federal Work-Study Program and the TRIO Programs.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Ninth-Internationalization-Laboratory-Cohort.aspxA new cohort of eight institutions led by ACE will begin work this fall to create more globally engaged campuses with enhanced curricula and other international opportunities for their students.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Senate-Patent-Bill-President.aspxThe Senate yesterday voted 89-9 to approve the House version of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (H.R. 1249), sending the first reform of U.S. patent laws since 1952 to President Obama for his expected signature.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Project-on-Diversity-and-Internationalization.aspxACE today named eight institutions as participants in At Home in the World: Educating for Global Connections and Local Commitments, a project funded by the Henry Luce Foundation to promote collaboration between internationalization and diversity/multicultural education initiatives on college and university campuses.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/NLRB-Representation-Case-Procedures.aspxBecause there is no compelling reason for the proposed rule and because it will lead to lengthier elections and adversely affect the substantive and procedural rights of the involved parties, ACE requests NLRB to withdraw the NPRM.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Sloan-Foundation-Faculty-Career-Flexibility-Awards-Medical-Schools.aspxACE, in partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, has announced the fourth round of Sloan Awards for Faculty Career Flexibility, which will focus on schools of medicine. The awards will recognize institutions that demonstrate policies and promising practices in providing unbiased opportunities for work/life balance.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Debt-Ceiling-Bill.aspxThe Senate today voted 74-26 to approve the Budget Control Act of 2011 to increase the federal government’s borrowing authority, averting a potential debt default just hours ahead of the midnight deadline. President Obama signed the measure, which includes $17 billion over two years for the Pell Grant Program, almost immediately.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/University-Presidents-Recommendations-for-the-Future.aspxUniversity presidents representing countries across Europe, the United States and Canada may encounter different cultures, governments and students, but they all agree on one thing: Higher education institutions are facing turbulent times, according to a new essay from ACE.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Names-50-Faculty-and-Administrators-Fellows-Program.aspxACE has selected 50 college and university senior faculty and administrators for the 2011-12 class of the ACE Fellows Program, including two sponsored by the F. Marian Bishop Charitable Trust Leadership Program and six from Latin America.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Amicus-Brief-Illinois-FERPA-Case.aspxACE, on behalf of nine other higher education associations, yesterday filed an amicus brief to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the University of Illinois’s effort to keep information about student applicants private.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Ada-Meloy-University-of-Illinois-FERPA-Case.aspxStatement of ACE General Counsel Ada Meloy on University of Illinois FERPA Case. The American Council on Education, on behalf of nine other higher education associations, today filed an amicus brief in the appeal of Chicago Tribune Company vs. University of Illinois Board of Trustees.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Harkin-Enzi-Teacher-Training-Bill.aspxRequest to Sens. Harkin and Enzi to vote against the Growing Education Achievement Training Academies for Teachers and Principals Act (S. 1250).http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/White-Paper-on-Supporting-the-Culminating-Stages-of-Faculty-Careers-Legal-Issues.aspxAn ACE White Paper, funded by the Sloan Foundation. Brief History of Mandatory Faculty Retirement, The Nature of Age Discrimination, Voluntary Retirement, Retaliation, Contract Issues in Phased Retirement, Benefits and Age Discrimination, Retirement Incentives and the Safe Harbor, Tax and Other Twists and Turns, and An Operational Lesson in Retirement Incentives.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Talking-Points-The-Repeal-of-Federal-Credit-Hour-and-State-Authorization-Regulations-.aspxTalking points in support of H.R. 2117 (offered in 2011), which would repeal the Education Department's controversial regulations on state authorization (which particularly impacts distance education) and credit hour.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/District-Court-Ruling-Against-State-Authorization-Regulation-.aspxSummary of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s July 2011 ruling on Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities v. Arne Duncan, which struck down a portion of the Education Department's state authorization regulation.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Accommodating-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder-on-Campus.aspxAs millions of returning service members and veterans enter higher education, ACE offers tips in a new report for faculty and staff who may be working with students suffering from "invisible injuries" like traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Court-State-Authorization-Rule.aspxThe U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has struck down a portion of the Department of Education’s controversial new rule which requires distance education programs to get authorization in every state where they have students. The rule—known as “state authorization”—is part of a package of new regulations that went into effect July 1.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Legal-Issues-in-Faculty-Retirement.aspxHigher education institutions face increasingly complex legal challenges since Congress ended mandatory retirement for tenured faculty in 1994. A publication released today by ACE provides college and university presidents and cabinet members with guidance on these issues.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Senate-Version-of-H-R-2117.aspxSens. Richard Burr (R-NC) and Ben Nelson (D-NE) last week introduced the Senate version of the Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education Act (H.R. 2117), the House bill to rescind the Department of Education’s credit hour and state authorization regulations that went into effect Friday.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/NCES-Releases-Tuition-Watch-Lists.aspxThe National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) today released its new college price watch lists. The lists, which were mandated by the 2008 Higher Education Opportunity Act, are available here.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Testimony-on-DREAM-Act.aspxA Senate Judiciary subcommittee this morning held the first-ever hearing on legislation designed to give undocumented young people brought to the United States as children a path to higher education and citizenship.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Senate-Judiciary-Patent-Reform.aspxEncourages the Judiciary Committee to work with Senate leaders to bring H.R. 1249 before the Senate as soon as possible for a vote on passage of the bill without amendment.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/House-Approves-Patent-Reform-Bill.aspxThe House of Representatives voted 304-117 on June 23 to pass the America Invents Act (H.R. 1249), clearing the way for the first overhaul of the U.S. patent system since 1952.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Scholarships-Restored-for-Libyans.aspxTwo thousand Libyan nationals studying in the U.S. now have renewed access to scholarship funding, which had been frozen since Feb. 28 due to the conflict in their home country. Their new stipends will cover monthly living allowances, health insurance and tuition fees through May 2012.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Debate-Patent-Reform-Measure.aspxThe House of Representatives is expected to consider the America Invents Act (H.R. 1249) this week after a compromise was reached yesterday on a contentious provision to allow the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to keep all of the fees it collects.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/House-Committee-Blocks-Regulations.aspxThe House Committee on Education and the Workforce yesterday voted to repeal two of the Department of Education’s new regulations scheduled to go into effect July 1.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/House-America-Invents-Act2.aspxExpresses strong support for the American Invents Act of 2011 (H.R. 1249), which was reported by the House Judiciary Committee April 12 on a vote of 32-3.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Reminder-to-Support-the-America-Invents-Act-.aspxMemo from a coalition of associations in support of the America Invents Act (H.R. 1249), the culmination of a more than 6-year effort to reform U.S. patent law.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/House-Bill-Repeal-Mark-Up-Tomorrow.aspxThe House Committee on Education and the Workforce is scheduled tomorrow to mark up a measure (H.R. 2117) that would repeal two of the more problematic Department of Education regulations scheduled to go into effect July 1.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Blocking-Credit-Hour-State-Authorization.aspxOn behalf of 77 organizations, this letter to House Education and the Workforce Committee Leaders John Kline and George Miller is written in support of H.R. 2117, a bill to rescind credit hour and state authorization rules.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Credit-Hour-State-Auth-Block-Bill.aspxIn appreciation for Rep. Foxx's introduction of H.R. 2117, legislation to block the creation of a federal definition of a credit hour and the state authorization regulation in Section 600.9.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Senate-For-Profit-Student-Debt.aspxThe Senate Health, Labor, Education and Pensions Committee held its fifth hearing yesterday on the for-profit education sector, this time focusing on student debt loads and the new “gainful employment” rule intended to ensure students in career programs will earn enough money to repay their loans.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Tester-Amendment-Debit-Cards.aspxIn opposition to the Tester Amendment, which would significantly delay regulatory implementation of the debit card swipe fee reforms enacted last year in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Supreme-Court-Rules-Against-Stanford.aspxThe Supreme Court ruled yesterday that universities do not have automatic rights to patents developed under federal research grants.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Summary-of-Gainful-Employment.aspxACE has prepared a summary document to help institutions better understand the final rule on gainful employment released last week by the Department of Education (ED).http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Joint-Statement-on-the-U-S--Supreme-Court-Decision-in-Stanford-v--Roche.aspxNotes that ACE and other higher education associations differed with the Biotechnology Industry Organization over the decision in a case involving the right of universities to retain title to inventions stemming from federally funded research. Both sides expressed the importance of working together in the future to ensure the benefits of universities and private-sector collaboration.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Statement-Supreme-Court-Decision-Stanford-v--Roche.aspxEarlier today, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in the appeal of Stanford University against Roche Diagnostics.This case is of significant interest to the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), Association of American Universities (AAU), ACE, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM), and Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) because of its potential impact on university technology transfer, on development and commercialization of university-generated basic technology, and on scientific collaborations between university and private-sector scientists.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/QA-Gainful-Employment-Final-Regulations.aspxQ&A on the Education Department's final gainful employment program regulations that took effect in July 2011.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Final-Gainful-Employment-Rule.aspxThe Department of Education this morning released its long-awaited final rule on gainful employment, laying out a new system for ensuring that career education programs benefit students without saddling them with unmanageable debt.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Undergraduate-Enrollment-Increase.aspxUndergraduate enrollment in U.S. colleges and universities grew by 5 million students between 2000 and 2009, according to a new report from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES). This increase is the largest in the undergraduate population in 30 years.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/New-FERPA-Rules.aspxACE and a group of higher education associations responded yesterday to the Department of Education’s plan to revise the regulations governing the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/GI-Bill-Fairness-Act-of-2011.aspxThe House of Representatives yesterday passed the GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011 (H.R. 1383) by vote of 389-0.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/FERPA-NPRM.aspxSubmitted to the Department of Education on the Notice for Proposed Rulemaking for the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The comments articulate that the proposed regulations jeopardize important FERPA protections by expanding the number of individuals who may access personally identifiable information without consent, the basis on which they may obtain that access and the ability to re-disclose it to other parties.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Bataille,-Peterson-Freeman-to-Leadership-Positions.aspxACE today announced the following appointments: Gretchen M. Bataille, senior vice president for programs and services; Patti McGill Peterson, presidential advisor for global initiatives; and Kara D. Freeman, vice president for administration.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Student-Aid-Alliance-FY-2012-Budget.aspxThe Student Aid Alliance (SAA) has issued its fiscal year 2012 (FY 2012) appropriations request to Congress, calling for renewed funding for Pell Grants, Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants, Federal Work-Study and other critical programs that allow millions of students to pursue higher education.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Memo-on-the-America-Invents-Act-Support-H-R--1249-.aspxThe memo urges member institutions to support the American Invents Act (H.R. 1249). The measure is similar to the Senate-passed version of the bill and worthy of support from the higher education community for the improvements it would make to the U.S. patent system.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Libyan-Students-in-United-States.aspxACE sent a letter today to the Departments of Homeland Security, Treasury and State seeking financial and regulatory relief for the approximately 2,000 Libyan nationals studying in the United States.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Congress-Credit-Hour-State-Auth.aspxRequest to House and Senate education committee leaders on behalf of 70 associations and organizations for assistance in blocking two regulations issued as part of the Department of Education’s Oct. 29, 2010, final program integrity rule.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Amicus-Brief-Carolyn-Singh-v--GWU-School-of-Medicine-and-Health-Science.aspxSubmitted to the D.C. Court of Appeals in support of George Washington University. Case focuses on what defines a learning disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Comments-on-Proposed-Student-Health-Plan-Rules.aspxACE submitted comments this week to the Department of Health and Human Services on proposed rules relating to student health insurance coverage under the health care reform legislation signed into law last year.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Pell-Grant-Maximum-Maintained-2011-Budget-Compromise.aspxThe maximum Pell Grant award of $5,500 will be preserved in the fiscal year 2011 budget compromise struck by lawmakers Friday night, but year-round Pell Grants, among other federal student aid programs, have been eliminated.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Education-Department-Student-Privacy-Initiatives.aspxThe Department of Education this week announced a series of initiatives designed to safeguard student privacy while clarifying that states have the flexibility to share school data when necessary.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/House-Republican-Budget-Plan-Slashes-Student-Aid.aspxThe FY 2012 budget plan released yesterday by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) would impose major changes on key government entitlement programs and sweeping cuts in domestic spending, including Pell Grants and funding for university research and job training programs.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/House-Committee-Holds-Hearing-on-Patent-Reform.aspxA new bill introduced in the House of Representatives to overhaul the nation's patent system was the subject of a Judiciary Committee hearing yesterday.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Statement-on-Prior-User-Rights-in-Patent-Reform-Legislation.aspxPatent reform legislation would not include an expanded prior user rights defense that would grant companies broad immunity from patent infringement. Such an expansion would degrade the patent system overall by substantially reducing patent certainty, and it would seriously impair the process by which universities transfer their discoveries into the commercial sector for development.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Student-Aid-Alliance-Website-Helps-Fight-Student-Aid-Cuts.aspxThe Student Aid Alliance today unveiled a new website to help students and higher education leaders make the case for protecting Pell Grants and other core federal student aid programs from drastic budget cuts.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Senate-Debit-Card-Fees.aspxTo oppose efforts to delay, amend, or repeal the debit card swipe fee reforms enacted last year in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and regulatory implementation of these reforms by the Federal Reserve.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-and-Pearson-Collaborate-to-Transform-GED-Test.aspxACE and Pearson today announced the creation of a ground-breaking new business that will drive the future direction, design, and delivery of the GED® testing program.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Hearing-Program-Integrity-Rules.aspxOn behalf of more than 70 higher education associations and accrediting organizations, a letter in support of the hearing to examine the Department of Education's final program integrity rules issued on October 29, 2010.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Nancy-Cantor-Honored-Commitment-Diversity-in-Higher-Education.aspxNancy Cantor, chancellor and president of Syracuse University (NY), received the 2011 Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award from ACE today.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Miami-Dade-College-Eduardo-Padr%C3%B3n-Board-Chair-American-Council-on-Education.aspxEduardo J. Padrón, president of Miami Dade College (FL), has been named chair of the Board of Directors of ACE, the major coordinating body for all the nation's higher education institutions.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/TIAA-CREF-Freeman-Hrabowski-Theodore-M--Hesburgh-Award-Leadership-Excellence.aspxTIAA-CREF has announced that Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, has been awarded the 2011 TIAA-CREF Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence. Dr. Hrabowski was selected by an independent panel of judges based largely on his work to increase the representation of minority students in science and engineering and create an institutional model of inclusive excellence.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Report-Seeks-New-Definition-of-Dynamic-Presidential-Leadership.aspxAs nearly 1,500 college and university leaders gather for ACE's 93rd Annual Meeting, a new report examines what kind of leadership higher education will need for the future and how to best develop it.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Robert-Caret-ACE-Council-of-Fellows-Fidelity-Investments-Mentor-Award.aspxRobert Caret, president of Towson University (MD) and president-elect of the University of Massachusetts, was today presented with the 2011 Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award* during ACE's 93rd Annual Meeting. The Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award is presented annually to acknowledge the enormous role of mentors in the success of ACE Fellows Program participants.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Susan-Perry-Donna-Shavlik-Award-ACE.aspxACE this evening honored Susan L. Perry, a pioneer in the integration of computing and library services, with the 2011 Donna Shavlik Award in recognition of her lifelong commitment to advancing women’s issues in higher education. The award was presented during the Women’s Leadership Dinner hosted by ACE’s Office of Women in Higher Education (OWHE) as part of the ACE Annual Meeting currently underway at the Washington Hilton.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Rescind-State-Authorization-Rule.aspxACE and 59 higher education and accrediting organizations yesterday sent a letter to the Department of Education requesting that it rescind the so-called state authorization regulation released in October as part of the final package of program integrity rules.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Letter-to-the-Senate-on-Preserving-the-LEAP-Program-.aspxApplauds the Senate for coming to a bipartisan agreement to avoid a government shutdown, which would have delayed federal student aid to millions of students. However, the letter also expresses concern that the deal includes the elimination of the LEAP Program.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/House-Hearings-Examine-Regulatory-Burden-on-Education.aspxThe House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing yesterday to examine the impact of federal regulations on educational institutions.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Supreme-Court-Hears-Patent-Case.aspxThe U.S. Supreme Court yesterday heard oral arguments in the case Stanford University v. Roche Molecular Systems, which deals with the question of who owns the rights to patents stemming from federally funded research.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Washington-ACE-93rd-Annual-Meeting.aspxLeadership, information technology and the future of higher education will be just a few the issues addressed at the 93rd Annual Meeting of ACE, taking place in Washington, DC, March 5-8, 2011. Among the featured speakers will be: the Honorable Raymond Jefferson, assistant secretary for veterans' employment and training service, U.S. Department of Labor; Clayton M. Christensen, Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School (MA); and Bob Johansen, distinguished fellow, Institute for the Future.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Leahy-Patent-Reform-Act.aspxFrom the presidents of six university, medical college and higher education associations to express the strong support of member associations for the Patent Reform Act of 2011 (S. 23). This bipartisan agreement represents the successful culmination of a thorough, balanced effort to update the U.S. patent system to support more effectively the nation’s economic competitiveness and job creation in the increasingly competitive global environment of the 21st century.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/House-Bill-Cuts-Student-Aid.aspxThe House of Representatives took the first step in finalizing funding for FY 2011 by voting 235-189 on Saturday to pass legislation (H.R. 1) that would cut $61 billion from spending on domestic programs for the remainder of the fiscal year.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Duncan-Credit-Hour-Definition.aspxOn behalf of the more than 70 higher education associations and accrediting organizations, this letter expresses grave concerns with the creation of a federal definition of credit hour in Section 600.2 of the Oct. 29, 2010, program integrity regulations. The groups request that the secretary immediately rescind this definition from the final regulations.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/House-FY2011-Funding-Bill.aspxThe House begins debate today on legislation to fund the federal government for the remainder of FY 2011. The bill would cut more than $100 billion from domestic programs—including student aid—and the higher education community in Washington is uniformly opposing it.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Molly-Corbett-Broad-President-Obama's-Budget-Proposal.aspxStatement of ACE President Molly Corbett Broad on President Obama's Budget Proposalhttp://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Obama-FY2012-Budget.aspxPresident Obama released his budget request for the coming fiscal year this morning at a middle school in Baltimore. Most significantly for higher education, the proposal contains specific provisions to maintain the stability of the Pell Grant Programhttp://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/STUDENT-AID-ALLIANCE-OPPOSE-STUDENT-AID-CUTS.aspxThe Student Aid Alliance (SAA) today sent a letter to members of the House of Representatives asking them to oppose the Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (H.R. 1), citing drastic cuts to student aid programs that will cause significant damage to the U.S. economy in both the short and long term.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Health-and-Human-Services-Regulations-for-Student-Health-Plans.aspxA summary of the major provisions of the proposed regulations for student health plans from the Department of Health and Human Services. Part of the Affordable Care Act of 2010.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-Statement-HHS-Student-Health-Care-Regulations.aspxACE today reacted to the release of proposed regulations by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that would ensure college and university health plans offer students the consumer protections created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the health care reform legislation signed into law last year.http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Senate-Judiciary-Committee-Patent-Bill.aspxThe Patent Reform Act of 2011 moved forward last week as the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 15-0 on Feb. 3 to approve the bipartisan measure authored by Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA).http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/Supreme-Court-Walsh-Badger-Catholic.aspxACE submitted an amicus brief today to the U.S. Supreme Court requesting that it review a federal appeals court ruling that requires the University of Wisconsin-Madison to fund religious worship activities.